PLANT PHYLA PROJECTAaron Hile

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Bryophyta Common Name: Mosses Phyla Name: Bryophyta Main Plant Group: Seedless

Nonvascular Characteristics: No true leaves,

rhizoids Habitat: Live in moist Environments Reproduction: Reproduce using Spores Ex: Moss, Sphagnum, Dicranoweisia

cirrata Info: Can enter a stage of dormancy

when water is not present.

Hepaticophyta Common Name: Liverworts Phyla Name: Hepaticophyta Main Plant Group: Seedless Nonvascular Characteristics: Get moisture directly

from the surface of soil, 2 mm to 25 cm Habitat: Live in moist, damp

environments Reproduction: Produce eggs on umbrella

structures, free standing water moves sperm.

Ex: Porella platyphylla and Riccia fluitans Info: The phylum name is frequently

misspelled in textbooks as “Hepatophyta”

Anthrocerophyta Common Name: Hornworts Phyla Name: Anthrocerophyta Main Plant Group: Seedless Nonvascular Characteristics: Grow Low to Ground, flat body Habitat: Near water, Tropical Environments Reproduction: Reproduce by spores that from the

green horns coming up from the flat part of the plant. Rely on free standing water to allow sperm to swim and fertilize the egg.

Ex: Dendroceros crispus, Ceratophyllum demersum Info: New Zealand has the largest leafy hornwart.

Lycophyta Common Name: Club Mosses Phyla Name: Lycophyta Main Plant Group: Seedless Vascular Habitat: Moist Shady Woodlands Reproduction: Spores Characteristics: Small Flowerless, True

Roots Examples: Spike Moss, Lycopodium Info: Leaves look like scales

Pterophyta Common Name: Ferns Phyla Name: Pterophyta Main Plant Group: Seedless Vascular Characteristics: Short stems, vertical ribs. Shaded, moist woodlands. Reproduction: Depends on the water. Examples: Whisk Ferns Info: Can grow over 2 stories high

Cycadophyta Common Name: Cycads Phyla Name: Cycadophyta Main Plant Group: Cone bearing seeds Characteristics: Resemble palm trees, very

large leaves. Habitat: Found mostly in tropical areas Reproduction: Pollination Ex: Sea sago and cycas revolutae Info: Many endangered from loss of their

habitat.

Ginkgophyta Common Name: Ginkgo Phyla Name: Ginkgophyta Main Plant Group: Cone Bearing Seed Characteristics: Fanlike Leaves, Shooting

Branches Habitat: In Deciduous Forests in China Reproduction: Reproduce by seeds in

cones Ex: Ginkgo Biloba Info: Ginkgo Biloba last remaining species

Coniferophyta Common Name: Conifers Phyla Name: Coniferophyta Main Plant Group: Cone bearing seed plants Characteristics: Have needles instead of

leaves Habitat: Northern Hemisphere, Warm/Cold Reproduction: Seeds in cones, seeds

protect embryos. Examples: Cedar, Redwood, Pine, Fir. Info: Evergreens grow very quickly

Anthophyta Common Name: Flowering Plants Phyla Name: Anthophyta Main Plant Group: Flowering Seed Characteristics: Flowers/Fruit with Vascular System,

Has Pollen Habitat: Warm/Cold Reproduction: Flower protects the plant gametes

and eggs. The fruit is the ovary Examples: Apple Trees, Water Lillies Info: Most fruit we consume comes from this phyla. o f a .flower.